celtic66
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| Why would someone feel the need to comment unpleasant things on sale posts “You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” ― Winston S. Churchill | |
| Integrated Amplifier for Focal Sopra 3 Several used Luxman 509x integrated amps show up here. Good for you, puzzling as this is a really good amp. Now about $7,500 - 8,200 range. My wife's system runs ATC 20 passives with this amp and it drives them hard. Those speakers present a r... | |
| Speaker Recommendations https://atc.audio/hi-fi/loudspeakers/entry-series/scm11/ The ATC 11 monitor comes in new at $3,249 and would be rockin’ with your components and stated musical tastes. | |
| XLR cables for a reasonable price? Love absolutes..... oft absolutely wrong, or at least misleading. @jeffreyw referred to the Mogami XLR, they show up here for sale regularly and are terrific for not much money. These things depend on several variables, but for not much coin y... | |
| Sugden Amps For clarification, the Sugden A25B one poster referred to, is an over 30 year old design and was Sugden’s entry level piece. Not really a fair reference to present day performance of the line. | |
| Sugden Amps I feel you. I've owned lots of high end tube gear.... enjoyed it all. But, for me, enough with the hassle and cost of tubes. I also converted to active speakers and the tubes were simply too slow for my appetite for dynamics and immediate atta... | |
| Revox Agora B Interesting find in the used market. Welcome to active. May not be for everyone, but for fans of it, it’s the real deal. I’ll never leave it for my reference. ATC 50A. Good on you. Enjoy. | |
| Speaker cable recommendations Duelund. Run that exact Luxman/ATC 20 combination and the Duelunds are brilliant. Cannot go wrong. Cheers | |
| Recommend me a DAC under 3k Weiss DAC204. I run the Weiss 501 and love it. The Weiss DAC204 is a stripped down no frills version. | |
| Upgrading preamp. Best for under $1K https://www.transcendentsound.com/fixer.html Friend built a different kit from them years ago and it was stellar for the money. | |
| Audio / Stereo Rack Quadraspire SV2T. They claim 80kg per shelf and this is a really great shelf. No time frame given. Best of luck finding what you need. | |
| Class A integrated amp recommendations SUGDEN. DONE | |
| Wall outlets @audphile1 Furutech FI-50 NCF standard wall plug, except for of course the 20A which is I believe an FI-51 NCF. | |
| Wall outlets Just installed Furutech GTX-D Rhodium outlet and I run a complete loom of Furutech 4.1 power cables to include the 20A wall to Puritan conditioner. Hefty price tag, but well worth it in my system, which is the only one that really counts. Just m... | |
| Audition of a Sugden in the Seattle area What are you looking for? I can only offer the real world attributes of my Sugden A21SE. Ran mine for years with Merlin Black Magic Edition and Penaudio Cenya monitors. They are rattler strike quick. Attack of vocals and instruments is immedia... |